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antihomosexual

antihomosexual adjective: opposed to homosexuality.

Adjective

antihomosexual (comparative more antihomosexual, superlative most antihomosexual)

  1. Opposed to homosexuality.
    • Even at the height of antihomosexual hysteria during the most overwrought day of the Cold War, a number of paperbacks appeared that dealt with male homosexuality.2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp, page 11
    Synonyms:
    antigay, homophobic

Noun

antihomosexual (plural antihomosexuals)

  1. A person who opposes homosexuality.

Synonyms of antihomosexual

Forms of antihomosexual

Adjective
comparativemore antihomosexual
superlativemost antihomosexual
Noun
pluralantihomosexuals

Origin of antihomosexual

From anti- + homosexual.

Questions about antihomosexual

What does antihomosexual mean?
Antihomosexual means opposed to homosexuality.
What part of speech is antihomosexual?
Antihomosexual can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near antihomosexual in the dictionary

  1. antihomomorphisms
  2. antihomophobe
  3. antihomophobes
  4. antihomophobia
  5. antihomophobic
  6. antihomosexual
  7. antihomosexualism
  8. antihomosexuality
  9. antihomosexuals
  10. antihooligan
  11. antihorizon

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